Secure connections: HTTP over SSL
This section gives an introduction to SSL. The text is
inspired by .
&neon; supports the use of HTTP over SSL to implement
secure connections. A secure connection in
this context means a connection which has
integrity, secrecy and is
authenticated. Applications must go to some
effort to correctly support secure connections—an application
based on &neon; does not magically become secure
simply
by flicking a switch and enabling the use of SSL.